Changeable exhibitor



Aug. 27, 1935. 6:. R. BURCH CHANGEABLE EXHIBITOR Filed May 2, 1934 RA DlO 2 PRO SrRAM SPAC E FC R ADVERTISING l2 Charles Jifiarcfi,

INVENTOR ATTO RN EY fA ffurther object "f'the i "vntio Patented Aug. 27-, 1935 a i i 9 a, teammate essence;

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I Application May.

device of that character, that is;primarily:designed .-for usev for-radio; programs in;.-that it includes a holder to receive -.changeable ;rolls to; paper corthelike, which has ,printedeor. otherwise disposed thereon, radid program's covering a o'er: tainp'eriodoi time as well as advertisin matter. suitable informatiomor other indicia f a H j isitb ercriq bitor that includes "a holder aving "means whereby a r011 m which the indicia is printed can be easily andexpeditiously cnangea'afia the indicia 'can be displayedas desired with very lit- )5 tle effort. I

Another object of the invention is to provide an exhibitor of'the character set forth, that is simple in construction, easy to use, inexpensive 7 to manufactureand extremely efficient in oper- 2H ation and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference f will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding 30 parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front View of the device which forms the subject matter of the invention,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the 35 direction of the arrows and with parts in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a' sectional view taken approximately on line 3-3 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the, arrows.

40 Figure 4 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be noted that my device includes a holder in the I form of a housing that includes a rear wall l,

45 and side walls 2, which in the form as shown have their forward edges inclined so that the upper ends are relatively narrow.

The forward portion of the housingfiis closed by a cover member 3 which is co-extensive with 5 the height of the housing and is provided with inwardly extending flanges 4 formed on the side; edges thereof as best shown in Figure 4. The,

cover member is hingedly secured to;the housing at the lower end of the sidewalls through the 55 instrumentality of a hinge rod 5 that passes This invention relates :to :cliangeable vexhibitors and its :general object @is to -,proyide;a

throughrthe'eside' fwalls and I the lower end of the flanges 4 andthe cover memberis arranged atiavrear-wardinclination when in closed position.

.L-Sec'ure'd to the cover member' f or "disposal with-"- in the? housing when the' cover member i's 'swu'ng 5 to closed position as shown.,infullilines in,Figure 2, is a trough like receptaclefi thatjincludes 'ai rear wall 1 that merges into a jdowriwaii dly' curved bottom"wall 8, thelatter having formed therewithan ve x'terisionf'9 Sfor passage 1 through a 10 1 slot l0 disposed transversely adjacent to the' lower' end" of -the cover member asbest shownin Figure z l'i 'lTh elextension is disposed in contabting errgagement-with' the outer Side of the cover meniber, and also formed on the bottom wall 8 are tongues H that have their'lower ends bent into clamping engagement with the lower edge of, the cover member. The tongues ll cooperate with bolt and nut connections I 2 for, securingthe receptacle to the cover member, and the portion of the material out from the cover member is inwardly bent and disposed in clamped engagement withthe receptacle as'at. l 3, so it will be seen that J casual separation of the receptacle from the cover member is practically impossible. The receptacle has arranged in its side walls diametrically opposed notches l4 that extend from the upper edge of the side wallsior the purpose of receiving the reduced ends or trun-c nionstof a shaft l5, the latter having a 'sleeveJ30 l6 mounted thereon as best shownin Figure 3. p

The upper end of the cover member is cutaway as at I! and has formed therewith spaced parallel ears l8 which has mounted for rotation I therein a, roller IS, the latterjbeing disposed in slightly spaced relation with respect to an inturn flange 20 for a purpose whichwill be presently apparent. I V The sleeve lfi'isadapted to receive a roll ZI'of suitable material in strip formation which has 40 '7 printed or otherwise disposed thereon indicia such as a radio program, advertising matter or the like, and while my device is primarily designed for use for a radio program, it can be used for any purpose and indicia can be disposed on +15 cover member as bestshown in Figure 2. The 5Q strip can be fed back into the housing, as shown in full lines in Figure 2, or disposed across the top edge of the rear wall I the edge acting as a guide in severing the same.

From the above description and disclosure of 5 from time to time and distributed tothe user who can easily and expeditiously change the roll, due to the notched side walls of the recep-v tacle and the fact that the shaft I is slidably mounted therein as best shown in Figure 2. The weight of the shaft and its sleeve as wellas the roll and the fact that the slot I0 is disposed be-i low the roll to receive the strip will retain the shaft within he notches as will be apparent upon= inspection of Figure 2.

that the advantages and novel featurestof my invention will be readily apparent. v v

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: I

' 1. An exhibitor comprising ahousing, a cover member for the housing and having a slot trans-;

versely arranged adjacent its lower end, a flange arranged at the upper end of the cover member and being inwardly turned, a roller cooperating with the flange to provide a slot, a. receptacle secured to the cover member for arrangement within the housing and including notched side walls, a shaft detachably mounted for rotation in the notches of the side walls. a roll of indicia carrying means received by said shaft, and said indicia carrying means being adapted to be trained through the slots for disposal against the outer side of the cover member for displaying the indicia thereon.

,2. An exhibitorcomprising a housing, a cover memberprovidingfthe frqnt of r said housing and having transversely arranged slots disposed adjacent the bottom and at the top there f, a receptacle secured to said cover member for disposal within -the housing, notched side walls for saidreceptaclav a shaft mounted for rotation in the notches of the side walls and detachably associatedwith respect thereto, a sleeve mounted on 3 the shaft and adapted to receive a roll of indicia It is thought from the foregoing description carrying means, and the latter being adapted to be trained throughthe slots for disposal a'gairist'the front of the cover member to display the indicia thereon.

- 3. 'An exhibitor comprising hinged means hav ing spaced slo'ts therein; a receptacle secured to the hingedfmeans, notched sidewalls for said receptacle, a shaft 'detachably mounted for rotation in the notches', a roll'of indicia carrying meansrece'ived by said shaft and adapted to be trained through'the; slotslo'f the hinged means for disposalagainst the latter to display the indiciathereon. r

Y -CHARLES R. BURCH. 

